Disaster Risk Reduction and the Global System : Ruminations on a Way Forward - Gordy, Michael; SpringerLink (Online service) (Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016)
Introduction -- Underlying Risk Factors -- The Social Construction of Risk -- Development and Risk -- The Poverty-Disaster Risk Nexus -- Global Capitalism and Disaster Risk -- Political Will and Governance -- The Importance of Extensive Risk -- The Invisibility of Risks -- Urbanization and Land Use -- Agribusiness and Food Security -- Environmental Degradation -- Climate Change as a Magnifier and Meta-disaster -- Conclusion. .
Keywords: Climate change; Political economy; Natural disasters; Climate Change; Climate Change Management and Policy; International Political Economy; Natural Hazards